Hormones

Hormones HORMONES GHRH - Produced in the hypothalamus; increases the breakdown of Liver glycogen into glucose that enters blood; blood glucose Concentration rises to normal level GHIG - Produced in the hypothalamus; decreases the rate of glycogen breakdown in the liver and glucose enters the blood more slowly; blood glucose level falls to normal TRH - Produced in the hypothalamus; carried to the anterior pituitary where it stimulates secretion of TSH; TSH is then released into blood where it stimulates thyroid follicular cells GnRH - Produced in the hypothalamus; GnRH then promotes the release of LH; LH brings about rupture of the dominant follicle and expulsion of a secondary oocyte PRH - Produced in the hypothalamus; stimulates a rise in prolactin level during pregnancy; mammary glands PIH - Produced in the hypothalamus; suppresses release of prolactin; mammary glands CRH - Produced in the placenta; controls the clock that establishes the timing of birth; is important in fetal lung development and production of surfactant which is a substance that helps to prevent collapse of the alveoli of the lungs hGH - Produced in the anterior pituitary; stimulates bone, liver, and other tissues to release insulin like growth factors, which stimulate general hormones, produced, blood, glucose, stimulates, target, pituitary, secretion, anterior, hypothalamus, liver, level, cells, thyroid, ovaries, increases, glands, gland, mammary, growth, glycogen, release, production, normal, lh, hormone, development, decreases, body, adrenal, acids, urine, tsh, tissues, slows